Use restrictions needed near residences

10:52 AM,
Sep. 13, 2013

Written by

Jennifer McLean, Asheville

In an article Sept. 10 about the proposed form-based zoning for the Haywood Road corridor, a representative from the design firm hired by the City of Asheville suggested that use-based zoning is somehow out of date. "A focus in the past of traditional zoning has been separation of uses. That was to protect us from the tannery or the stable showing up next to our house," he said. While it is true that it's not very likely that a ...